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广州中学2021—2022学年第二学期期中考试
八年级英语试卷
本试卷共四大题,8页,满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名等信息;再用2B铅笔把相应信息点涂黑。
2. 非选择题答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上;不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
What is the most important thing in a big competition? At the 2022 Winter Games, some Olympians gave us their answers. When the Japanese figure skater(花样滑冰运动员)Yuzuru Hanyu(羽生结弦) ___1___ to Beijing, he hoped to become the world’s first man to complete a “4 Axel”. This had been his dream ___2___ he was a kid. The “4 Axel” jump ___3___ the hardest move in figure skating, it ___4___ also bring danger to skaters even in practice.
The big day came on February 10. Twenty seconds into his free skate, Hanyu almost completed his “4 Axel” jump. ___5___, when his right foot touched down, he was off-balance and fell on the ice. He got a score of 188.06, then points short of the podium(领奖台). Although it was a ___6___ result, he still showed up with a smile, “I have nothing left ___7___ ,” he said to him, the most important thing in the competition was to try to give ___8___ performance he could.
Similarly China’s Jin Boyang had no regrets, even though he walked away from the stadium ___9___ a medal, either. At the men’s short program on February 8, he ended up in eleventh place among the 30 competitors. Two days later, at the men’s figure skating, ____10____ cool he was! He created ____11____ personal best score. Compared to his younger self, Jin had become more confident and more strong-minded. To Jin, ____12____ over himself to become a better skater was the most important thing in the competition.
Pierre de Coubertin founder of the International Olympic Committee(国际奥委会), famously said, “The important thing in life is not to win but to complete.” Life itself at times feels like ____13____ competition. You may not always be the winner, but as long as you ____14____ in an effort to overcome ____15____ , you are sur